SCHOOL-AGE KIDSWAY CONNECT// SEPTEMBER
August 30 & 31
Parent & Child Discussion
Parent Tip: Abram chose to let Lot pick the best land, even though Abram had the right to choose first. This week, challenge your child to put someone else first — maybe by letting a sibling choose the game, or by serving a friend. Small acts of humility teach big lessons about God’s heart.
September 6 & 7
Parent & Child Discussion
Parent Tip: God gave His people commandments to guide their lives and keep Him first. Talk with your child this week about one way your family can show love to God together — maybe by worshipping, praying, or resting on a Sabbath day.
September 13 & 14
Parent & Child Discussion
Parent Tip: God’s instructions teach us how to treat the people around us. With your child, pick one commandment about loving others (like honoring parents or not lying) and brainstorm practical ways to live it out this week.
September 20 & 21
Parent & Child Discussion
Parent Tip: Joshua and Caleb trusted God’s promise when the other spies were afraid. Share a time with your child when you needed courage to follow God. Encourage them that even when something feels scary, God goes with them and gives them strength.
September 27 & 28
Parent & Child Discussion
Parent Tip: Just like God gave the Israelites a way to be saved by looking at the bronze snake, He has given us Jesus to save us. Talk with your child this week about God’s mercy and how Jesus gives us life when we look to Him.
Parent & Child Discussion
- Bible Story: Abram and Lot // Genesis 12:1–9; 13:1–18
- Big Idea: God desires that we humbly put others before ourselves.
Parent Tip: Abram chose to let Lot pick the best land, even though Abram had the right to choose first. This week, challenge your child to put someone else first — maybe by letting a sibling choose the game, or by serving a friend. Small acts of humility teach big lessons about God’s heart.
September 6 & 7
Parent & Child Discussion
- Bible Story: The Ten Commandments: Loving God // Exodus 19:1–20:8
- Big Idea: The Ten Commandments show us how to love God.
Parent Tip: God gave His people commandments to guide their lives and keep Him first. Talk with your child this week about one way your family can show love to God together — maybe by worshipping, praying, or resting on a Sabbath day.
September 13 & 14
Parent & Child Discussion
- Bible Story: The Ten Commandments: Loving Others // Exodus 20:12–21; 32:1–35
- Big Idea: The Ten Commandments show us how to love others.
Parent Tip: God’s instructions teach us how to treat the people around us. With your child, pick one commandment about loving others (like honoring parents or not lying) and brainstorm practical ways to live it out this week.
September 20 & 21
Parent & Child Discussion
- Bible Story: The Spies Explore the Land // Numbers 13:1–14:10
- Big Idea: God gives us a spirit of power, so we can have the courage to follow Him anywhere.
Parent Tip: Joshua and Caleb trusted God’s promise when the other spies were afraid. Share a time with your child when you needed courage to follow God. Encourage them that even when something feels scary, God goes with them and gives them strength.
September 27 & 28
Parent & Child Discussion
- Bible Story: The Bronze Snake // Numbers 21:1–9
- Big Idea: God is merciful and has lifted His Son upon a cross so that we might be saved from death.
Parent Tip: Just like God gave the Israelites a way to be saved by looking at the bronze snake, He has given us Jesus to save us. Talk with your child this week about God’s mercy and how Jesus gives us life when we look to Him.
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